Drink Drank Drunk

I am sorry if my posts are all about medicine...sorry...but my life is currently related to it..so most of the interesting things that are happening are associated with medicine.

Anyway, back to what I want to talk about. Drink Drank Drunk. It is a known culture for ppl over here to drink loads of alcohol, especially on Friday nites. Most of them ended up getting drunk and being involved in various accidents....

Today, I was doing my on-call with a junior house officer. The first 3 jobs when we both started working this morning were to speak to 3 patients who have injured themselves.

Patient 1: a lady in her forties, drank loads of vodka, tripped over the stairs on her way down from after going to the toilet..and just fell. she cant even remember what happened..because she lost her consciousness. She ended up with an injured face and aches in her arms and spine.

Patient 2: a 30 plus man, drank loads of lager, was found unconscious on the road. He doesnt even know who brought him to the hospital. He injured his face as well.

Patient 3: a 25 year old guy, drinking loads of alcohol, became drunk...and fell down as well while walking. He didnt injure his face...but he broke his left arm.

All these 3 patients were really wasting the bed spaces in the wards. Already there is not enough beds for patients who are in the waiting list to have their surgery. And all these patients, just get themselves drunk and injured....and then, the doctors have to admit them just to make sure that they are alright.

okok..i'm being kinda grumpy nowadays...dunno why...but yeah, stop drinking ppl!! or drink in sensible limits, PLEASE!